Improvement in faucets



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WILLIAM H.TRIssLnn,

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Leners Patent No. 102,624, darai Mays, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these I .etters'Patent and making part ofthe same To all whom it may concernl Be it known that I, WILLIAM Hf'lRIssLER, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improve-A ments 1n Faucets; and Ido hereby declare that the Yable by my invention.

Figure 3, a detached section. Like letters of reference refer to likeparts in the 1 different views.

Objective. This invention consists of the combination of metal and woodin the construction of faucets, whereby .is l

obtained` to it the harmlessness and purity of the wood and the strengthand durability of the metal, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Descriptive.

In Iig. 1 A represents the body of afaucet eonstructed'of wood, andwhich may beof the shape and size of those in common use.

The stem of the faucet is covered with a metallic shield or shell,.B,'closely tted thereon, and secured in any desirable manner. f

Around the butt end ofthe faucet is a metal' band, G, the purpose ofwhich will presently be shown.`

The key-hole of the implement is lined with a leather bush, D, or withsome other equivalent material.

'Ihe key Eg. 3, of the faucet is also constructed of Wood, around thestem of Awhich is castor otherwise secured thereto a metal band orshield, F.

The advantages resulting from the above-described arrangement andcombination of wood and metal are as follows, viz:

It is well known to those' having extensive use of faucets that thestern of those made entirely of wood is very liable to break or split,in consequence of the compression to which it is subjected on beingdriven into the tophole, and more especially is lthis the case when theyare frequently driven in and withdrawn, as the barrels in which they areused become exhausted of their contents. V

T o avoid this expensive waste in the matter of faucets in consequenceof their breaking, metal ones havebcen Vresorted to.

vThese are not only greatly more expensive than wooden ones, but areseriously objectionable from their imparting to the cont-ents of thecasks in which they are used a peculiar metallic taste, either inconsequence 'of the kind of metal used, or from the chemical effect thatthe liquors may'have upon them; hence wooden faucets are preferable fromtheir more pure 'and harmless character, and are thereforemore'extens'vely used for the drafts of wine and liquors.

It will vbe obvious lthat these objections are avoid- By covering thestern ofthe faucet with a shield or shell,v as above described, itpossesses a strength tov resist compression, on being driven into theVtophole, equal to a metallic one, andv at the same ltime posesses` thepurity of the wooden faucet, as the liquor is drawn off through thewooden stem' covered by the shell hence no bad taste is imparted to theeontents'of thef barrel.

Ilhe keys of wooden faucets are also made of wood,

which, in consequence-of their being soaked by the. liquors, becomesoft, and, by frequentnse, soon Wear away and the taps become leaky.

This object-'ion is also avoided by my faucet, as that part of the keyfitted to and working in the chamber .of the body is protected by ametallic shield or shell,

F,above referred to;v hence the wood. is protected from abrasion, andwill therefore. be more secure and durable. I A'further improvementconsistsl in. providing the faucet with a strainer, G, fig. A1, adetached view of which is shown in iig. 3.

Said strainer may. bel used or not, as the nature of .the liquors to beputin draft may require.- When used for the draft of, ordinary ale, intowhich hops yare `put for 'its preservation, this strainer is of greatpractical use, as it keeps back' the hops from passing into the faucet,which, Without such protection, would obstruct .the flow ofthe liquor.

In the use of the ordinary wooden faucet, it is a matter of frequentoccurrence that on driving itA into the tophole the head of'the faucetbecomes shattered by the often-repeated blows given it in order to driveit in, and when the faucet is frequently taken from one cask andinserted in another, such faucets soon become cracked and leaky.

.Io guard against this is the purposefof the-band C, referred to, which,by its close fitting and strength, will eifectuallyprevent' the headfrom being so battered as to crack, and therefore become leaky.

Claim.

What I claim' as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is v The faucet hereinabove described, composed of the wood body A,smooth metal shell B with Awooden interior, band G, key E', shield F,and bush D, when the several parts are constructed in the manner and forthepurpose as described. WILLIAM H. TRISSLER.

Witnesses z J. H. Bunninen, l). L. HUMPHREY.

